I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone (萨克斯管) near the river. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.
One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a statue. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap (皮带) and in his hands was a saxophone. He was lifting the saxophone to his lips and he was just about to play. I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.
Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my joy when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the instruction book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I raised it slowly to my lips as my family watched. But still there was no sound. I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound—loud and clear like I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe. I blew again, I moved my fingers on the saxophone and I made more sounds. I was happy because I was playing very interesting sounds. But I wasn’t playing music yet.
Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week my teacher made me practice. Slowly I started to improve and at last there came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio with my saxophone strapped to my neck and my cap on my head. I’m always thinking of the man by the river in Kobe and the statue smiling at me in Himeiji. I’m a happy man.
【小题1】On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.

After a long day’s study at school, you are very tired. So after school you go home to relax. When you get home, a robot greets you. He’s happy to see you and helps you take your school things to your room. He listens to you talk about your school life and tells you a new joke. And he tells you to call your cousin and to say happy birthday. And then he helps you with your homework.

This is your future, and the robot’s name is NAO. NAO has a small body, big eyes and a large head. He can walk and dance. He listens and talks, and he even learns and thinks for himself. His creators (创造者) predict that the robot will be in people’s homes before 2040.

This $16,000 robot knows who you are. NAO can even express emotions (表达情感). He is a self-guided robot. A self-guided robot can sense (感觉), think and act. Other robots might do two out of the three. For example, a robot might sense things using cameras and think using computers, but with no arms, he can’t act. Another robot can move and sense things, but he can’t think for himself. These aren’t self-guided robots. But NAO can do them all.

1.The underlined word “greets” means “??????? ” in Chinese.

A.讨厌?????? B. 击败?????? C. 迎接??????? D. 仰慕

2.The robot tells you to ??????? to your cousin.

A. say happy birthday? B. dance??? C. send a birthday gift??? D. write

3.What does NAO look like?

A. He has a large body with a large head.????

B. He has big eyes and a large head.

C. He has small eyes and a small head.?

D. He has a small body with a small head.

4.When might people have robots like NAO in their homes?

A. In 2020.??? B. In about 15 years.? C. In 2030.?? D. In about 30 years.

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. NAO isn’t a self-guided robot.???

B. NAO can’t help kids with their homework.

C. NAO is more than fifteen thousand dollars.

D. NAO can move and sense, but he can’t think.

Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and  【小题1】  in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday,  【小题2】  she had a good,long life.
She had already been a professional   【小题3】  before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel  【小题4】  a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months  【小题5】  from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling  【小题6】 easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her   【小题7】  her stories. They were  【小题8】  interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was  【小题9】  that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped  【小题10】 .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
【小题11】A.death             B.die                 C.died
【小题12】A.but               B.and                 C.or
【小题13】A.singer            B.teacher             C.manager
【小题14】A.on                B.at                  C.by
【小题15】A.to sail            B.sailing              C.to fly
【小题16】A.too               B.much               C.more
【小题17】A.talk to            B.talk with            C.talk about
【小题18】A.so                B.such                C.very
【小题19】A.boring            B.relaxing             C.amazing
【小题20】A.work and think     B.working and thinking   C.to work and think

Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and  56  in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday,   57   she had a good,long life.
She had already been a professional  58  before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel   59   a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months  60  from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling  61  easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her   62  her stories. They were   63   interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was   64  that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped  65  .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
【小题1】A.death             B.die                  C.died
【小题2】A.but               B.and                  C.or
【小题3】A.singer             B.teacher              C.manager
【小题4】A.on                B.at                   C.by
【小题5】A.to sail             B.sailing               C.to fly
【小题6】A.too               B.much                C.more
【小题7】A.talk to             B.talk with             C.talk about
【小题8】A.so                B.such                 C.very
【小题9】A.boring             B.relaxing              C.amazing
【小题10】A.work and think      B.working and thinking   C.to work and think

从方框内选择适当的选项完成对话。

A: Welcome to 9 o’clock Teen Talk. We are talking to Lin Tao, a fourteen-year-old boy. Welcome to the show, Lin Tao.

B: 1.        

A: Today, we’re going to talk about the movies. 2.       

B: Yes, I do.

A:3.        

B: I like Avatar (《阿凡达》) best.

A: 4.        

B: Yes, it is the best movie I have ever seen.

A: Why do you think so?

B: 5.         

A: By the way, do you like the movie My Father’s Birthday?

B: Yes, very much.

A: Thanks for joining us.

B: That’s OK.